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Haley Oliver, professor of food science in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, has been awarded $10 million in funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a five-year extension of the Feed the Future...
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With 89% of the U.S. population and 68% of the world population projected to live in cities by 2050, concerns mount about how to address health and environmental issues such as excessive heat, poor air quality and rainwater runoff. Urban trees have the potential to improve these issues, but first, accurate tree inventories and information must be obtained, analyzed, shared and regularly updated to make effective data-driven decisions.
Today, one in eight Americans is food insecure. This statistic is what drives Jada Hoerr, chief resource officer at the Midwest Food Bank and 1997 agricultural and biological engineering (ABE) alumna, in her daily work. Midwest Food Bank is the largest food bank in the country. With operations across the US, Kenya and Haiti, it will distribute over $500 million of food to those in need this year. Like Hoerr, Midwest Food Bank has its roots in agriculture. It started in a simple shed on a farm to help feed the local community. Now in its 21st year, as food insecurity needs have grown, so has this food bank.
Purdue University plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and determining gender in vascular plants, using a fern model. The discovery provides new insights into the stem cell-proliferation process that ensures the species reproduction and survival by preventing all offspring from developing as males.
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